Colmar loop and “the storkiest village yet”.

Day 3 started with rain at 9 so we left at 9:30 without a drop all day!  Perfect weather as we looped out of the hotel and did a nice easy ride along the Route de Vins.  I could ride this everyday I thought to myself. Just rolling along in and out of villages.  Not much time again for blogging so I will leave you with some more food and stork pics with some short descriptions below.  

Dessert from our fabulous dinner last night of lime sorbet and mini macarons, amazing

Stork tops



Love all these windowsills and colorful shutters

Dad at dinner

Gunther and a stork rooftop in the background

Praying for good legs on the bike

Storks renting some Church rooftops.

Love these huge nests and how they look out over the village below

Our Salad Verte restaurant along the way.

Where is his nest?

More vines along the ride

Petit Venise  Colmar

David and Susan having some fun outside the closed Bike Bell museum

Cafe

Perched above us at lunch

Dad and David with Stork Nests above

Appetizer from dinner

Dad having his first taste of a Marmite sandwich-a super salty spread that David told him was Nutella!

Hotel room A frame

3 chateaus

St Martins Church-fellow cyclists

Loving this adventure with Gunth



...Off to pack up my bags and take a quick ride into Germany today! 

 

Comments

  1. barron.mary@gmail.comJuly 6, 2023 at 9:48 AM

    Those macarons are making my mouth water! And the stork on the roof with no nest….what will he do???
    Food pics all look delish. Glad to know you are not starving!!🥰

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  2. GuntherJuly 6, 2023 at 9:34 PM

    The marmite was beyond disgusting. The photo of me eating above is after I had first tasted it. The first grimace was even worse.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 7, 2023 at 6:00 AM

    First, the first profile of Gunther looks like Patrick Stewart- a pretty good doppelgänger! The food does look yummy and as in previous posts, your commentary is spot on. Enjoyed another day with you as I live vicariously through you and your adventure. ❤️ Grace

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    1. BJuly 7, 2023 at 4:34 PM

      So funny the cyclists on our trip said “you know who you look like?” Patrick Stewart! I’ve been with him when twice when this has happened. Must be the hair!

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